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Directions. Please find the folder with your name on, take it, and have a seat. At this time…. Please make sure your cell phones are on silent.  Please make sure your electronic devices are put away and out of your ears.  Thank you!. Mesopotamia. September 3, 2013.

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  1. Directions • Please find the folder with your name on, take it, and have a seat.

  2. At this time… • Please make sure your cell phones are on silent.  • Please make sure your electronic devices are put away and out of your ears.  • Thank you!

  3. Mesopotamia September 3, 2013

  4. 5 Components of civilization Advanced Technology Things that make life easier Advanced Cities An area that is settled permanently by people Complex institutions To maintain order of society Record Keeping Storing of information Specialized workers People trained for a specific job

  5. So why farming? • Humans learned they could control the growth of plants • This meant they no longer had to travel from place to place to find just enough to get by • NOW they could stay in one place and grow EXTRA food that could be stored or even traded for other goods or needs

  6. Fertile Crescent • Between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea • Area of land BEST for farming • Arc of fertile land surrounded by desert

  7. Mesopotamia • The “land between 2 rivers” • Between the TIGRIS River and the EUPHRATES River • Rivers flooded every year  fertile soil left behind

  8. WATER! • Need water to live… • Transportation • Drinking • Fishing • Irrigation

  9. Irrigation • Rain was unpredictable • Dig irrigation ditches that carried water to the fields for crops • Required organization and leadership

  10. City-State • Each city and the surrounding land it controlled • Multiple cities developed • Cities shared same culture, but not leaders • Center = TEMPLE (Ziggurat) • Priests- most important

  11. Dynasty • Military leaders became more important • Military leaders  full time leaders • Dynasty- When rulers pass power down to their sons (power kept in the family)

  12. Polytheism • Polytheism- The belief in many gods • Gods controlled everything in nature (people wanted to please them) • 3,000 gods • Gods = human-like, but immortal • Afterlife- “the land of no return”

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